Improvement in harvester-rakes



0. B. COLGGRD.

HARVESTER EAKE.

Patented Apr. 11,'18'71.

( (GAE acta sul@ oTIfs B., eoLooRD, or'anni:Nvt-Lan, I LL'INoI's-Q "Letters Patent No. 113,632, ama Apron, 1871.

IMPROVEM ENT- IN HARVESTER-RAKES.

lli'lfie Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concefm Be it known that I, OrIs B. GOLCORD, of Greenville, in the county of Bond and State of Illinois, have O C', respectively, which boards are also connected, near their outer ends, by a brace, B21,

y. The lower board C' may be adjusted by means of invented a new and useful Improvement in Reel-J holes b b, or slotsin thebac'es B 'B B'.

Rakes for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a'full, clear, and exact description thereof, suflcient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsto fully understand and to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side view, and

`Figure 2.a plan of a beater.

Figures 3 and 4 are similar views, showing some modifications in construction', to be hereinafter more fully referred to;

It is known that in the use of harvesters with the usual` reel selfrakes it is necessary to adjust the rakes andl beaters to the height of thengrain, andr that, neverthelessfin un''i/en grain' or 'upon uneven ground, more or less grain will either avoid the beaters-and rakes, or, being touched too low thereby', will be carried forward and frequently upward' on the reelarms insteadof dropping upon the platform.

l' Furthermore, it is known that theaction of many' reel-rakes is to crowd thegrain toward the Vdividerboard or outer fedge' of the platform; and that, in many cases, stalks of 'grain are als` from other 'causes piled up'against the divider-board, and thus accumulate, there being in the dordinary self-rake no device for carryingo the grain thus deposited.

- To avoid said defect-s and provide an improved selfrake is the object of my invention; and

It consists inthe'extensiou oi the upper' beaterboard overvthe divider-board, andi the attachment to said extended portion of a rake-foik to rake off grain lodging uponor close to the divider-board, the fork being preferably pivoted to causefits teeth to move in vertical lines when the rake or beater is lifted by the action ofthe 1'eel,to avoid carrying up grain in- ,Vsaid fork. .The invention further consists in the general construction, arrangement, and` combination of parts composing the device, ashereiuafter described and 'claimed Referring to the drawing, wherein similar letters o f reference indicate corresponding parts in the *Myeral iigures-- y Y 'A, figs. 1 and 2, represents the wooden beater-arm,

which is secured to. the'iron arm of the reel in the usual manner.` A Thearm A is connected, by means of the V-,shaped bracesB B, with the upper and lower beater-boardsv l\.The outer end of the board O' is curved, as at c', to urge the grain to a compact form; and the ehd c of the upper -board O is similarly curved to draw' the grain into the fplatform the brace' B' serving to prevert the lodgment of the grain between `therboards upon or close to the dividcrboard, and the ordinary cumulation forms which may cause breakage to the 'rake-teeth or arms.

weight of vvthe rake or beater, the upper board G is tothis extension is attached a light fork, D, (usually metallic.)

inner one, in case of a many-prongedibrk, is usually made longer than the others to reach down beside the dividerboard tangle in the fork D, or otherwise adhere'and'becarried up to drop in the reel. ifo4 avoid, this the fork maintaina vertical position. 4 2 t, I Wooden teeth might be used on the board C, but I prefer a metallic fork, because it requires no additional strength ofthe board to which it is attached over that in ordinary beaters.

In figs.3 and 4 the lower board C' is shown provided with teeth, so as to serve as a rake as well as a beater.

boards are somewhat diierent from. those shown in figs. l and 2; still their function is the same,l and means.

The beater-arm is'adjustably attached to the lower board by means of a slotted socket, H H h, and it is lalso secured at f' to one of the braces.

".'In all forms of rakes and beaters I arrange the lower board, while the inner ends of theupper and is to cause the outer 'part of th upper board to touch 'As heretofore stated, grain-stalks frequently lodge".

rake or beater avoids. these, 'so that gradually an ac- L. 'Io reach -the space thus avoided by ordinary raket and beaters, and, at the same time, toavoid undue` jextendedont to pass-.beyondlthe dij'fidehhoardalhnd...

This fork'has one or more teeth, d,`of which the As the beater or rake is raisedafter its horizontal sweep over the platform is completed, grain might is, by preference, pivoted at d; so that it may always The braces which connect the upper and lower v 'the board O is' adjustable by substantially similar` board C so that its outer end shall project beyond the lower boards maybe in the same vertical plane. This' the grain-stalks before the beater below, andfinclinel y, the grain to the platform and knives; therefore ini.;

high grain, and especially in adverse winds, the stalks, being prematurely bent at their upperends tothe platform, cannot fall back, but will drop forward on the platform, as required. l Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-y ters Patent, is l 1. The combination -of the extended upper hoard O and a fork, D, substantially as and for lthe purpose described, i

2. An improved rake andlbeater, composed, essen-I,

tially, of the board O, having a. curved and extended end, the adjustable lower board O', a fork, D, connect,-

ing-braces, and a beater-arm, all consti-noted, arranged,

o. B. ooLoonD'.

.Witnessesz WILLIAM W. HEBTHEL., .ROBERT Bemis.- 

